Kes Gray (Illus. Nick Sharratt), Eat Your Peas

Red Fox, 9780099404675 | Suggested age range: 3-5

Mum tries everything she can think of to get Daisy to eat her peas. She'll give her extra pudding, let her off having a bath, buy her a bicycle. The offers get more and more ridiculous but still Daisy won't eat her peas. And Daisy has a way of making sure she never has to, when she discovers that Mum has a similar weakness over Brussels sprouts ... The clever twist at the end makes this a nicely balanced story about allowing children freedom of choice.

Kes Gray (Illus. Nick Sharratt), 006 and a Bit

Red Fox, 9780099488033 | Suggested age range: 3-5

Daisy is determined to be a spy. She writes her secret code in invisible ink - Mum's perfume - and she zaps a baddie with a ray gun - Mum's hair dryer. But how can Daisy be a spy when no one understands her game? Luckily, her Mum takes up the challenge. Soon she is a spy too and together they take on the world. A lovely book about make-believe.